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P. J. Berckmans Company’s Tree and Plant Catalogue 
WINTER APPLES, continued 
ROMANITE. Fruit similar to Shockley; tree of a 
more open growth ; branches slender and very distinct 
in foliage and in appearance; possesses all the bear¬ 
ing and keeping qualities of the Shockley. 
SAUTA. Large; greenish yellow and russet; qual¬ 
ity good; a good keeper. Oct. to Mch. 
SHOCKLEY (Waddell Hall, Sweet Romanite). 
Medium, conical, always regular ; yellow, with a 
bright crimson cheek ; flesh Arm, sweet or subacid, 
with some flavor. Tree very erect, vigorous, exceed¬ 
ingly productive. Ripens in Oct., and will keep un¬ 
til the following summer. This Apple cannot be 
classed as of first quality; it is yet the most popular 
winter variety we cultivate. Profitable market variety. 
STEVENSON’S. Medium to large ; green, cov¬ 
ered with brown; flesh firm, juicy and spicy; a regu¬ 
lar bearer, and keeps until April. Tree a fine grower. 
TERRY. Medium; subacid; quality best. Nov. 
to Jan. Resembles Pryor’s Red. 
WINESAP. Small to medium ; red ; vinous ; 
quality very good. A good keeping Apple. 
YATES (Red Warrior). Small; dark red, dotted 
with small white dots; flesh yellow, firm, juicy and 
very aromatic. Immense bearer and good keeper. 
YORK IMPERIAL, or JOHNSON’S FINE WIN¬ 
TER. Medium; whitish, shaded crimson; flesh yel¬ 
low, crisp, juicy, subacid; very good. Oct. to Jan. 
N. B. — Nearly all Winter Apples commence to be in eating condi¬ 
tion here in October, and if properly taken care of in a cool, dry room, 
free from frost, the larger number can be kept through the winter. 
CIDER APPLES 
Hewes’ Virginia Crab. Small; dark red; regular and profuse bearer. Oct. to Mch. 
Yates. See description above. 
APPLES FOR ORNAMENT OR PRESERVING 
Siberian Crabs. These produce an abundance of small fruit, much esteemed for preserving. Trees are 
also very ornamental. The best varieties are Golden Beauty, Red and Transcendent. 
APRICOTS 
Price, 25 cents each, $2 for 10, $15 per 100. 
Apricots are best adapted for planting in city gardens, or where the trees are protected by surrounding 
buildings. They are among the most delicious of fruits, and, therefore, a little extra care should be given in 
protecting the flowers from the late spring frosts. The trees, when planted in orchards, seldom last long here, 
unless protected by surrounding timber or tall-growing fruit trees, but in many sections of the Southwest this 
is one of the most desirable of orchard fruits. The period of maturity extends from the beginning of June to 
end of July. The best varieties are as follows: Early Golden, Moorpark, St. Ambrose, Roman, Royal. 
CHERRIES 
Price, 25 cents each, $2 for 10, $15 per 100. 
The Cherry is rather uncertain in this climate, and still more unreliable farther South, but in the upper 
sections of Ga., Ala., S. C., N. C. and Miss, it succeeds well. All ripen here from May to middle of June. 
While the fruit is uncertain here, Cherry trees make an unusually fine growth, and we propagate a large 
stock of the latter for sections where this fruit is an assured crop. 
Trees 5 to 6 feet. Fruit heart-shaped; flesh 
luxuriant foliage; leaves drooping. 
Black Tartarian. Large; black. 
Buttner’s Yellow. Clear yellow; early. 
Cleveland Bigarreau. Amber, shaded red. 
Coe’s Transparent. Amber and pale red. 
Early Lamaurie. Large; dark purple. 
Tree vigorous, with spreading branches and 
Governor Wood. Large; light red. 
Luelling. Very large; black; very fine. 
Noir de Schmidt. Large; black. 
Rockport. Large; amber; red. 
Werder’s Early Black. Black; early. 
HEART AND BIGARREAU CHERRIES 
tender, sweet. 
DUKE AND MORELLO CHERRIES 
Trees 4 to 5 feet. Flesh usually acid or subacid, tender, melting and pleasant. Trees or more bushy and 
compact habit, and of smaller growth, bearing quite young and abundantly. 
Belle de Choisy. Bright red ; of best quality. 
Empress Eugenie. Large ; red ; excellent. Dwarf. 
Early Richmond, or Kentish. Deep red; valuable. 
May Duke. Dark red; a popular sort. 
Olivet. Large red ; a valuable new sort ; subacid. 
Royal Duke. Dark red. 
FIGS 
PRICE-One year old, 20 cents each, $1.50 for 10, $10 per 100; two years old, 25 cents each, $2 for 10, 
$15 per 100. Best Varieties for General Cultivation in CAPITALS. 
Angelique, or Early Lemon. Small ; greenish 
yellow; early. 
BRUNSWICK, or MADONNA. Very large; violet; 
good and productive. 
BLACK ISCHIA. Medium; blue-black; good. 
BROWN TURKEY. Medium; brown; sweet and 
excellent; very prolific. Most reliable for field culture. 
Blue Genoa. Medium; bluish black. 
CELESTIAL. Small; pale violet, with bloom; very 
sweet; prolific and hardy. 
GREEN ISCHIA. Green, crimson pulp; prolific. 
LEMON. Large; yellow; sweet. 
Madeleine. Small white. 
San Pedro. Brownish yellow. 
White Marseilles. ) Varieties recommended for 
White Nerii. V drying. All produce large 
White Smyrna. J fruit. 
